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Lovely bank holiday weekend good weather and actually think I have a full 2 days to do nothing which makes a huge change so time to get the grub sorted, to start, my all time fav a stuffed and rolled belly of pork, also have a good pile of ribs after boning out, less than £20 and two home made knifes will keep whoever comes through the door fed for the next 24/48 hrs then the chicken,burgers and sausages can get involved, so what we all doing on the Barbie this weekend let’s have it ??

got this pork joint marinating for a long slow overnight cook on the Weber BBQ. oh and a few coming for a drink or to when i open my bar a little later this afternoon

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Hopefully these few old pictures and some of recollections from my early teens (the late 1950’s and early 1960’s) may be of some interest. They’re all old style “rag whippets” and pre date the requirement for a whippet to be registered with the Kennel Club in order to enter a race. Typically these dogs ran from about 14-20 lbs (sometimes smaller) and anything past say the mid 20’s would be questioned as to whether it was actually a true whippet (rather than maybe a whippet x greyhound). At that time, my father ran a “drinkers pub” in the heart of the Black Country (aka the Industrial Midl

Here's a young dog I'm going to keep my eyes on,a collie/greyhound bull/greyhound,...owned by a very keen young lad,I always said I'd not stick bull in them but you never know in the future

loaded up the van ,taking the kids camping in the forest of Dean........marshmallows, jacket spuds and hopefully a rabbit or 2 after a little shine tonight?

Nice sunrise overlooking the Humber.

Bout 150 tops .but would give one to a keen upstart whose keen and take proper care of it.

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Ten days old

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The hound blood shows in a lot of them. Mine would bay on a line, great fun hunting cover. Nobody told mine they don't stay to ground either, they did. Some would kill below too.

I hope he sells them all so he can spend some money on a decent run .......

just roasting some marshmallows with the kids....had a 1 toner.......

All day painting the kitchen with the Mrs. All done I needed a break but it's hot! I know let's go sit under that sitty tree on the spring barley! The mighty 410 I took and some Fiocchi 7narf target loads 3"...to be honest I only needed the lighter loads as the ranges were short but hey ho. It was a nice break and the woodies deterred from the grain for another day for the farmer.

Bosworth Rose at Bosworth Feild, the the site of the last major battle of the roses. u

Although it's not a bank holiday here, I like to keep things as British as possible... I will be feasting on this later ?

Fukcing fanny .......

Had a quick walk around when out of the marl pit came a howling growling wail of a call. Defo fox. I walked away in the pasture next to it only to return 20 minutes later and bingo I stepped on a fox as I rounded a knob in the field. Amazingly it stopped at 50 yards and gave me a shot. With the rifle resting on the forearm and torch in hand the sights settled on the shoulder and a shot rang out. The collapsed fox was done in but if there is one thing you should do with a 22 it's keep shooting! A rapid succession of shots sealed the deal the Winchester lasers functioning the rifle pe

Here's my lad. Not strictly a plummer, he's half pat. Superb busher if there's something in a bit of cover and he scents it he'll get it moving. Not really a proper earth dog but he will drop down occasionally. Use him to flush to my rapidly useless lurchers ? Cheers

Promised the little ins we could go 'camping' in the garden during school hols. You know life has changed when such an event gets your bivvy out for the first time in years! Wouldnt change it for the world. Controlled campfire in the bbq for toasting marshmallows. Priceless times.

Out at first light with the hushpower 12g. It did well on winged vermin and a rat. A squirrel X3 but then started playing up again. When I got home I found out why. The trigger block that is made of something resembling cheese had snapped in two resulting in a loss of hammer impetus to the firing pin. A call to the dealer and he has promised to look for a doner Pedretti to scavenge the trigger block from.....bloody thing. I was doing alright by it too..... Anyway house chores done and I got out again with my 22. It did ok. Eight squirrels. Only one female! It was

Apparently there is a two day metal detecting rally going on in Yorkshire. Some numb cnut has spiked a cake with LSD and they are all off their nuts. 17 ambulances on the scene!!!! If your waiting for a punch line there isn't one I'm being serious!!! ??

The shit it left in the loft he will bag it up and get it in the post first thing ?

Starting to get the young lad for.. 10 months now.. plenty learning to be had this season , 27” tts

He said a lot of things...?

The old 60s pics take some beating ?

The most I've seen in England is in the Oxford area, they are everywhere.

All's well in the shed

Oohhh...deep man..lol...mine is called Sheila cause that's the Ozzie name for females,...I know... Shallow as fuk lol

Tip six weeks to all most six months she is about 18tts now al have her out with me this season and let her mother show her how it's done on the lamp then come December al let her have a couple of races on the rabbits then next season she will be worked hard

Went today with a mate and picked up the bitch pup from a mating to 1 of my old dogs, the mate even managed to get a cracking pup himself, cheers to the fella! Didn’t have to do it! Real genuine guy, very few about! We will be down this season and ur always welcome uo! Cheers mate! Meet Betty.......

A lad sent me some pictures of his first try with the Wires he had caught Five but a Fox had taken one of them ……… I think we will be seeing a bit more from this Kid

Bred my Laguna whippet bitch over a sal/col/whip. Bred to keep a bitch back .sites owners having one .few lads I know gonna take some .any young lads / newcomers who will work em and keep me updated on them are welcome to whatever's left.just want cost of raising covered .

Alan rang me and asked if I fancied a few hrs out on one of his permissions. He did warn me that it's a bit steep and hard going but hey I'm always up for a challenge .anyway me craig and alan got there and after a quick chat with farmer we were off. Alan chose to drop us off and we would "walk" to him and the motor .15 mins later I needed a lung transplant! Boy oh boy these are some very steep hills . Rabbits rolling down hill a further 200yds to collect and then we had the task of carrying them up to meet Alan ffsk lol .anyway lads craig took bad and we finished early so this ones for y

Great write up Barrie, I've used a few of the pics from Of Pedigree Unknown for sketches in the past. The weight in was my favourite but only have this one on my phone.

Ensure you keep in touch with those that have the rest, you could utilise those in your breeding plans if need be.

Thank you. He was a bonnie lad in deed. But worms gotta eat too.....

Trip to Whipsnades butterfly House.

Bunch of grown men .who was once strangers all getting together for a good reason Bacame life long frends.make good money for there chratys... I think is great..love there kids and wifes get involved to. Spot on..they could fish a paddle but they all have fun and money well that gos to some great places.well dont to you all

Well the novelty of been a part time keeper for the shoot members has worn off already, trying to get people to go up to feed has proved impossible so it looks like it’s left to the 3 of us again, I don’t understand some people you even get to ride around on the quad looking important, the birds seemed to have settled in well with just a couple dead in each pen, with no real rain forecast for the next week or so all they have to do is eat, drink and bask in the sunshine ?

Cracking litter that Jigsaw? A mate of my has bred 2 litters from a pure Kelpie stud...all turned out fawn bar one which was black and tan mate.

Hillman collie

Anytime pal, here's frank